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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1935
Page
7
Roswell Daily Record lists staff roles including Grace Bear as Society Editor Edw. Scarritt as City Editor Ron Wilkins as Advertising contact and mentions Associated Press rights and republication policy for local and dispatched news. The note outlines AP exclusivity for news dispatches and local content.
Governor Tingley plans a statewide tour beginning April 1 1935 to attend Governor's Day at Carlsbad Cavern. The piece credits former governors and public notices their visits to civic events across New Mexico, highlighting a policy of gathering firsthand information for better state action.
The state introduces a rural housing effort under the National Housing Act to repair and upgrade farm homes. Led by the Extension Service and United with the Federal Housing Administration, the plan emphasizes using existing labor and materials, with funded investments for greater comfort and value. J W Duffin presides the Rural Housing Advisory Committee with county workers aiding rollout from the 1934 Rural Housing Survey data.
A traveler back from San Antonio reports dust there is harsher and more stifling than on the Plains. He notes fine, flour-like particles settle on bushes, walls, and cars, rendering the Southwest dust more offensive yet a local article argues Plains dust is milder and preferable.
A fragment discusses shifting U S posture toward Europe and the burden of repayment while Europe resists, with a “Never again” motto muttered in the background. The quotation hints at reluctance to repeat past burdens and suggests a debate over alliance costs and national responsibility.
The piece notes Zuni pilots and a crash near Thoreau due to a gas leak, marking a shift from ponies to autos to airplanes. It comments on dust storms, soil erosion, and editorials in New Mexico papers, especially Hilton at Las Cruces, and reflects changing attitudes toward weather events and public discourse.
At the March 21 1935 stockholders meeting in New York City the board was re elected with C E Dimmitt resigning ill health and F W Binzen elected to fill the vacancy Binzen has been Penney Merchandise Manager for five years and earlier served in wholesale markets The board also re elected J C Penney Earl C Sams George H Bushnell and others The first board meeting reaffirmed officers including J C Penney chairman E C Sams president Lew V Day vice president W A Reynolds second vice president and J H Herbert treasurer R W Trown comptroller Record Want Ads Bring Results
Mary Landis inherits Lazy B adjacent Circle 3 T. Chet Radbourne, her guardian, plots to control her cattle and marriage. She wed Cole Sanborn to defy him, then mobs, fights, and betrayals unfold as Radbourne schemes with Curt Jordan. Mary faces danger as Jordan horsemen pursue Cole, who hides near Jonesboro while Dane McCoy joins the resistance.
The Red Bluff dam project near the Pecos line prompts landowners and investors to face a possible abandonment or revised plans as engineers revisit coring findings. The article notes thousands rely on water for land value, the project’s impact on irrigation, and a pending engineering conference next Thursday to decide the fate of the dam.
Rural New Mexico items report a plan to place trap lines for hawks in infested regions to protect quail and wildlife, with jobs for older locals. Also noted are upcoming school director elections April 12, railroad pay restorations, a correction about Mose Crutch being a newsroom employee, a Las Cruces highway beautification start, a Roswell resident’s remarks on Social Security and old age pensions, a note on Jack Dempsey voting for the soldier bonus, a Portales ex-regent's fatal car crash, and a probate notice in Chaves County seeking creditors for the estate of D. Stewart with Maybelle E. Stewart as administrator.
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